✨ Postal Service Contracts
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
POSTAL DISTRICT OF NAPIER—continued.
| Number | Service. | Mileage One Way. | Frequency. | How performed. | Name of Contractor. | Annual Subsidy. | Date of Termination of Contract. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Frasertown and Clydebank .. .. | 15 | Thrice weekly | Trap .. | George Beckett .. | £65 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1918. |
| 9 | And rural delivery to Byrne's .. | Weekly | |||||
| 9 | Hastings : clearance of receiving-boxes .. | Twice daily | Motor vehicle | Robert Stead .. | £250 0 0 | „ | |
| Hastings: delivery of parcels within the | Daily | and horse | |||||
| letter-carriers' delivery ; and | As required | vehicle | |||||
| Hastings Post-office and Railway-sta- | |||||||
| tion | |||||||
| 10 | Hastings, Fernhill, and Maraekakaho .. | 14 | Daily .. | Motor vehicle | Graham and Gebbie | £100 0 0 | „ |
| 11 | Hastings and Havelock North .. 3 | Thrice daily .. | Motor .. | Nimon and Sons | £60 0 0 | „ | |
| 12 | Hastings and Waiterenui Homestead | 17 | Daily .. | Motor .. | Napier and Ogilvie | £185 0 0 | „ |
| (to include carriage of private bags) | |||||||
| 13 | Hastings and Whana .. .. .. | 30 | Twice weekly | Motor-bus .. | Graham and Gebbie | £90 0 0 | „ |
| 14 | Hastings and Willowford Accommoda- | 70 | Twice weekly | ||||
| tion-house | Motor-coach | Graham and Gebbie | £360 0 0 | „ | |||
| And Hastings, Kuripapango, and | .. | Weekly | |||||
| Mangaohane | |||||||
| 15 | Hatuma and Flemington, and to School- | 26 | Thrice weekly | Horse .. | George Robert | £60 0 0 | „ |
| house (rural delivery) | James Willis | ||||||
| 16 | Hatuma to Rangitoto and Marakeke | 25 | Thrice weekly | Gig .. | James William | £60 0 0 | „ |
| Roads (rural delivery) | Elliott | ||||||
| 17 | Havelock North along middle road to | 10 | Twice weekly | Trap or motor | Christopher Hamp- | £45 0 0 | „ |
| motor-shed on bank of Tukituki | ton | ||||||
| River | |||||||
| 18 | Havelock North, Maraetotara Settle- | 55 | Twice weekly | Motor .. | Christopher Hamp- | £185 0 0 | „ |
| ment, Waimarama, and Havelock | ton | ||||||
| North | |||||||
| 19 | Kiritaki and Oringi Railway-station .. | 4½ | Daily .. | Horse and trap | Annie Elizabeth | £30 0 0 | „ |
| Nixon | |||||||
| 20 | Maharahara, Maharahara West, and | 6 | Daily .. | Gig .. | Thomas James | £78 0 0 | „ |
| Maharahara Railway-station | Gosson | ||||||
| 21 | Maraekakaho, Mangatahi, and Kereru .. | 15 | Thrice weekly | Motor .. | Graham and Gebbie | £100 0 0 | „ |
| 22 | Matamau and Tataramoa .. .. .. | 1½ | Daily .. | Horse or bi- | Stephen Jackson | £26 0 0 | „ |
| cycle | |||||||
| 23 | Napier and Arapawanui Station (to cover | 23 | Weekly .. | Horse vehicle | Hawke's Bay | £50 0 0 | „ |
| carriage of private bags) | or motor | Motor Company | |||||
| vehicle | (Limited) | ||||||
| 24 | Napier, Port Ahuriri, Petane (H.B.), and | 9 | Twice daily .. | Coach or motor | Hawke's Bay | £190 0 0 | „ |
| Eskdale | Motor Company | ||||||
| (Limited) | |||||||
| 25 | Napier, Port Ahuriri, Petane (H.B.), | 80 | Twice weekly | 2-horse buggy | Hawke's Bay | £550 0 0 | „ |
| Tangoio, Putorino, Mohaka, Turiroa, | Motor Company | ||||||
| and Wairoa | (Limited) | ||||||
| 26 | Napier, Rissington, Patoka, and Puke- | 35 | Thrice weekly | Coach or motor | Hawke's Bay | £300 0 0 | „ „ |
| titiri | Motor Company | ||||||
| (Limited) | |||||||
| 27 | Napier and Te Pohue .. .. .. | 26 | Weekly .. | Motor .. | Hawke's Bay | £40 0 0 | „ |
| Motor Company | |||||||
| (Limited) | |||||||
| 28 | Napier, Te Pohue, Te Haroto, Tara- | 103 | Weekly .. | Coach or motor | Hawke's Bay | £350 0 0 | „ |
| wera, Rangitaiki, and Taupo | Motor Company | ||||||
| (Limited) | |||||||
| 29 | Norsewood, South Norsewood, and | 4½ | Twice daily .. | 2-horse coach | Frederick Schmidt | £90 0 0 | „ |
| Ormondville | |||||||
| 30 | Nuhaka and Tangitere .. .. .. | 12 | Weekly .. | Horse .. | Thomas Edward | £44 0 0 | „ „ |
| Taylor | |||||||
| 31 | Ongaonga, Blackburn, and Hinerua .. | 13 | Thrice weekly | Motor .. | Escott Summarsell | £50 0 0 | „ |
| 32 | Ongaonga and Wakarara .. .. .. | 15 | Twice weekly | 2-horse express | Edwin Turfrey .. | £80 0 0 | „ |
| 33 | Opoutama and Nuhaka .. .. .. | 8 | Twice weekly | Trap, summer; pack- | Christina Bendall | £80 0 0 | „ |
| horse, winter | |||||||
| 34 | Ormondville and Whetukura .. .. | 4 | Four times weekly | Horse vehicle | Frank Winter | £28 0 0 | „ |
| Riggir | |||||||
| 35 | Ormondville and Whetukura, and rural | 20 | Twice weekly | Horse vehicle | Frank Winter | £70 0 0 | „ |
| delivery to Pedersen's gate | Rigger | ||||||
| 36 | Otane, Patangata, and Elsthorpe .. | 28 | Thrice weekly | Coach .. | Thomas Parker .. | £130 0 0 | „ |
| And Mangakuri and Te Apiti .. | .. | Weekly | |||||
| 37 | Puketapu and Waihau Settlement (to | 18 | Weekly .. | Coach .. | Edward Hayes .. | £52 0 0 | „ |
| cover carriage of private bags) | |||||||
| 38 | Takapau, Ashley-Clinton, and Makaretu | 12 | Thrice weekly | Coach .. | McCarthy and | £110 0 0 | „ |
| via Wilson's Road | Cantwell | ||||||
| 39 | Takapau and Makaretu via Ashcott | 11 | Thrice weekly .. | 4-wheeled con- | McCarthy and | £70 0 0 | „ |
| (rural delivery between Takapau and | veyance | Cantwell | |||||
| Makaretu) | |||||||
| 40 | Takapau and Otawhao Block (rural de- | 7½ | Thrice weekly | Horse .. | Thomas Herbert | £42 0 0 | „ |
| livery) | Clayton | ||||||
| 41 | Takapau and South Makaretu (letter | 11 | Twice weekly | Coach .. | Archibald Webb | £50 0 0 | „ |
| delivery) (contractor to cross river at | Thomson | ||||||
| Thomson's and return through the | |||||||
| Rakautatahi district) | |||||||
| 42 | Ti-tree Point, Akitio, and Aohanga .. | 24 | Thrice weekly | Packhorse and | Thomas McKain .. | £130 0 0 | „ |
| buggy. |
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1917, No 54
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1917, No 54
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Postal service contracts in Napier district
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsPostal services, Napier, Contracts, Mail delivery
31 names identified
- George Beckett, Contractor for Frasertown and Clydebank
- Robert Stead, Contractor for Hastings clearance
- Graham, Contractor for various Hastings routes
- Gebbie, Contractor for various Hastings routes
- Nimon, Contractor for Hastings and Havelock North
- Ogilvie, Contractor for Hastings and Waiterenui
- George Robert, Contractor for Hatuma and Flemington
- James Willis, Contractor for Hatuma and Flemington
- James, Contractor for Hatuma to Rangitoto
- William Elliott, Contractor for Hatuma to Rangitoto
- Christopher Hamp, Contractor for Havelock North routes
- ton, Contractor for Havelock North routes
- Annie Elizabeth Nixon, Contractor for Kiritaki and Oringi
- Thomas James Gosson, Contractor for Maharahara routes
- Stephen Jackson, Contractor for Matamau and Tataramoa
- Frederick Schmidt, Contractor for Norsewood and Ormondville
- Thomas Edward Taylor, Contractor for Nuhaka and Tangitere
- Escott Summarsell, Contractor for Ongaonga, Blackburn, and Hinerua
- Edwin Turfrey, Contractor for Ongaonga and Wakarara
- Christina Bendall, Contractor for Opoutama and Nuhaka
- Frank Winter, Contractor for Ormondville and Whetukura
- Riggir, Contractor for Ormondville and Whetukura
- Rigger, Contractor for Ormondville and Whetukura rural
- Thomas Parker, Contractor for Otane, Patangata, and Elsthorpe
- Edward Hayes, Contractor for Puketapu and Waihau
- McCarthy, Contractor for Takapau routes
- Cantwell, Contractor for Takapau routes
- Thomas Herbert Clayton, Contractor for Takapau and Otawhao
- Archibald Webb, Contractor for Takapau and South Makaretu
- Thomson, Contractor for Takapau and South Makaretu
- Thomas McKain, Contractor for Ti-tree Point, Akitio, and Aohanga